Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / May 2006

There is a discussion going on about creating a newsgroup
called soc.support.vision-impaired.  If it is created, it's charter
says it will be for the support of vision-impaired or those who
work with the vision-impaired.  If anyone is interested in the

ok.  i've been living with one arm for nearly two weeks.  not only that, but
the one arm is not my dominant one [but it might end up as it!]  in this
amount of time I have developed a load of respect for those who function
effectively with less than the usual compliment of limbs.  ...

so, we've finished enjoying watching the fittest season of the newest Dr.
Who.  Hubby introduced me to the program when we were newlyweds and I really
liked them, particularly the ones with the most recent Dr.  We have decided
that Mr. Eckelston does a good job, although this newest ...

We were told we could send K back to school when she is feeling well
enough as long as shes had 24 hours of antibiotics (shouldnt be
contagious by then). She seems brighter and more energetic this
afternoon and has had some lunch (an odd combination of stilton and

perhaps there are only a few others here interested, but I thought I'd share
the results of barbaro's surgery.  he's the race horse who broke his leg
Saturday in the preekness stakes.  short version - surgery was successful,
at least for now.  for the detailed version go to:

Did something a bit stupid and downloaded some 'free' ftp software a
little while ago. Only it came with a hidden very annoying package of
popup adverts. I dont normally have trouble with these - almost all are
picked up and blocked by netscape. I've run adaware and spybot and ...

Yet another wet cold grey yucky day.
hmpffff.
stuck in the house for the fourth day and I dont do stuck in very well.
bah.

DD10 is performing as part of a large schools choir at THE Opera house
tonight. It will be DS8s first time there, not that he is looking forward to
hours of choral work of course.
Marc

A has a spot on each cheek, that the Dr says is eczema.  He's given me
an Rx for Elidel cream, but in reading the possible side
effects/warning label, I'm thinking I'd like to try something else.  
Anyone have any ideas?  Anything that worked for you?

I'm feeling a little guilty. I didnt take Katherine to the doctors on
friday cos I read that tonsillitis is usually viral and that antibiotics
usually shorten the duration by a day in bacterial cases.
shows I'm not a doctor :-/

My hair
Is coming out in handfuls
Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
It's been happening off and on for about 6 weeks and was really bad this

ever since developing rosy colored spectacles reading Walter farley's black
stallion books as a child I have kept up to some extent with horse racing.
I know that not all is right with how race horses are treated, but a good
horse race is poetry in motion to me.  so, I am very sad ...

Well, I'm an Aunty again!!!  My SIL had her baby girl today at 12:15 GMT!
Don't know the details yet but her name is Keira Jean.  :)

for non-european its a pan-european (well mostly) song comp that has
been on the telly since 1955(?)
Any europeans here watch it last night? lol I have to confess that I did
vote for the Finnish entry as I thought it was so audacious and funny.

I just watched it on PPV, D@mn it was an awesome movie!  Highly recommended.
Now I just have to go read all the books now.